Listing Furth Parent range MacGillycuddy's Reeks Prominence 53 m | Location County Kerry, Ireland Elevation 958 m Mountain range Macgillycuddy's Reeks | |
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Similar Maolán Buí, Caher West Top, The Bones, Cruach Mhór, The Big Gun | ||
Cnoc an Chuillin or Cnoc an Chuillinn (Irish for "hill of the steep slope") is the seventh-highest mountain peak in Ireland, at 958 metres (3,143 ft) high. It lies about 3½ kilometres west-southwest of Carrauntoohil (Ireland's highest peak) in the MacGillycuddy's Reeks of County Kerry. Informally referred to as one of the Irish Munros, the summit is officially counted by the Scottish Mountaineering Club as a Furth; a 3,000 ft high peak outside Scotland.
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Map of Cnoc an Chuillin, Capparoe, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Location
Cnoc an Chuillin lies in the eastern part of MacGillycuddy's Reeks at the southwestern end of a ridge that includes (from southwest to northeast): Cnoc an Chuillin East Top (926 m), Maolán Buí (973 m), Cnoc na Péiste (988 m), The Big Gun (939 m) and Cruach Mhór (932 m). It lies south of Lough Callee and north of Brassel Mountain (575 m). Its grid reference is V823833.